Onome Joy Adewuyi

Dame Onome Adewuyi is the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, at Cynergy Platforms Limited, which she co-founded. Previously, she worked at Fidelity Bank Plc from 1997 to 2015, rising to Executive Director, Risk Management, from 2009 to 2015.

Her career spans more than 35 years across manufacturing, oil and gas, and banking sectors. She served as the 56th president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) from 2020 to 2021 and spent 15 years on ICAN's Governing Council, chairing multiple committees and serving as Honorary Treasurer for three terms.

Her international service includes appointments to the Public Interest Oversight Board's Standard-Setting Boards' Nominations Committee, presidency of the Association of Accountancy Bodies of West Africa, chairmanship of the Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria, and board membership of the Pan African Federation of Accountants.

She has served on numerous boards of public and private companies and government agencies, including the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc. She currently chairs the board of Dominion Finance Company Limited, serves as a non-executive director at Dominion Trust Limited, chairman of the NDDC Cooperative Society MicroFinance Bank, and is a member of the Guinness Nigeria PLC Statutory Audit Committee.

She holds a B.Sc. Second Class Honours, Upper Division Degree in Accounting from the University of Benin and an M.Sc. in Banking and Finance from the University of Lagos. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1986, conferred FCA in 1997. She also qualified  as a Chartered Banker (ACIB) in 1993, becoming a Fellow in 2007. She is also a Fellow of the Risk Managers Association of Nigeria.

Dame Adewuyi is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School, Ross Business School, Kellogg Business School, the International Banking Summer School California, and Lagos Business School.